Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Polycystic Ovary syndrome is a female disorder where there is some sort of misbalance in hormonal arrangement. Due to polycystic ovary syndrome, an affected woman suffers with irregularities in her menstrual period as well as this syndrome creates hindrance in getting her pregnancy.

The disorder polycystic ovary syndrome is termed shortly as PCOS. However, if PCOS is treated properly it tends to change the look of an affected woman as well as may develop severe heat disease or in diabetes in the later period.

The PCOS affected patients develop small cysts on their ovary. These cysts, although not harmful in nature, cause the irregularities in having menstrual period in time creating hormonal imbalance.

It is a common problem presently and out of 15 women 1 woman is found affected by this disease and mostly from onward teen age this problem of PCOS is found inflicting in the health system. If treated properly, the symptoms of this health disorder is managed and long-term problem triggered by this disorder can be managed without any side effect.

The symptoms of PCOS vary from one woman to other in parameter to intensity. Although it is not necessary that PCOS affected woman will show all the symptoms, but somehow some of the following symptoms are noted from the PCOS patients:

Acne prone skin, gaining weight and getting trouble in shedding the same, thinning of hair on scalp, thicker hair on mouth, chest, belly, and in back, and abruptly irregular periods. Some PCOS affected women displayed a history of having less than nine periods in a year; even some acute patients may lapse the whole year without having a single period.

In case of married ladies getting pregnant becomes unpredictable as they suffer from infertility. Mostly the patients of PCOS suffer from acute to mild sets of depression because of fluctuation of hormones.

Some diagnostic tests, BMI calculation, hair growth and irregularities in menstrual cycles are some of the obvious symptoms of polycystic ovary symptoms which can be judged by a doctor before final diagnosis. A hormone profile test can be done to check about the hormonal balance in body and to judge the possibility of thyroid malfunction as the symptoms of thyroid malfunctioning tends to be almost same as PCOS.

Most often an ultrasound of ovary is advised in orer to take an account of the problems related to this disorder present in the health syytem of the affected patient.

Exercise, healthy diet, calorie consciousness, and stress life can treat the problem effectively and with religious maintenance of the life style normalcy can be restored with PCOS affected patients within a short period of treatment.